SPANISH CURRICULUM WRITING TEAMNovember 26th, 2013
Collaborate to create a Road Map Spanish Curriculum
Purpose:
Collaborate to create a Road Map Spanish Curriculum
7:30-8:00 Reconnecting8:00-10:00 Standards Training10:00-10:30 Deliverable Rates & Sharepoint Training10:30-11:00 Work on Deliverables11:00-12:00 Lunch12:00-12:30 Common Assessments12:30- 3:50 Work on Deliverables3:50-4:00 Craft Summary Statement to share with Spanish teachers
CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES
• Tell who you are•One of this year’s challenges•One of this year’s successes
OBJECTIVE
• Be able to describe the link between the Common Core State Standards and the ACTFL Standards• Be able to use the Common Core State Standards for Spanish language arts to design curriculum for Spanish 1,2 & 3
COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS (CCSS) – WHY?
Top “most important” skills from employers
• Professionalism/work ethic & teamwork/collaboration
• Communication
• Knowledge of other languages• 63.3% of employer respondents believe this will increase in
importance
• Making appropriate health and wellness choices
• Creativity/innovation• 73.6% of employer respondents project this skill to increase
in importance• Currently 54.2% of employers say new hires with high school
diploma are deficient in this skill
Source: http://www.p21.org/documents/key_findings_joint.pdf Are They Really Ready to Work?
COMMON COREENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
• Interpersonal Speaking
• Vocabulary• Grammar• Language Functions
• Presentational Writing
• Interpretive Reading
Reading Writing
Speaking/
Listening
Language
Reading(Interpretive
Reading)
Key Ideas & Details
Craft & Structure
Integration of
Knowledge & Ideas
Text Complexity
Fiction Informational Texts
Foundational Skills
Writing(Presentational
Writing)
Text Types and
Purposes
Production and
Distribution of Writing
Research to Build
and Present
Knowledge
Range of Writing
Speaking & Listening
(Interpersonal Speaking & Presentational
Speaking)
Comprehension and
Collaboration
Presentation of Knowledge and
Ideas
Language(Grammar, Vocabulary,
Language Functions)
Conventions of
Language
Structure of
Language
Vocabulary
FIND THE STANDARD• Pair up with your curriculum writing partner
• 1 Anchor Standard in yellow
• K-12 grade level standard in white
1. Put the standards in K-12 order
2. Check your work with the Blue Estándares
3. Discuss where you think the clusters would be for1. Spanish 1a2. Spanish 1b3. Spanish 24. Spanish 3
SHIFT IN THINKINGPrevious State ELA Standards Common Core State Standards
Focus on literature Focus on more non-fiction
Texts that don’t prepare students for complexity of college/career texts
Appropriately complex texts
Reading to report/summarize content
Reading to understand deeper meaning of what authors want to convey
English teacher solely responsible for teaching literacy
Literacy as part of science, social studies/history, and technical subjects (6-12)
Primarily writing personal narratives
Writing more to inform or argue using evidence
Most emphasis on content-specific vocabulary
Academic vocabulary given emphasis
IN THE 20TH CENTURYWORLD LANGUAGES
• Students learned about the language• Teacher-centered class• Focused on isolated skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)• Coverage of a textbook•Using the textbook as the curriculum• Emphasis on teacher as presenter/lecturer• Isolated cultural “factoids”
IN THE 21ST CENTURYWORLD LANGUAGES
• Students learn to use the language• Active Students• Focus on the three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational• Backward design focusing on the end goal• Use of thematic units and authentic resources• Emphasis on learner as “doer” and “creator”• Emphasis on the relationship among the perspectives, practices , and products of the cultures http://p21.org/storage/documents/Skills%20Map/
p21_worldlanguagesmap.pd
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES INTERPRETIVE MODE
Predicted Answer Found in Article?
Key words
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. Si / No2. Si / No3.Si / No 4. Si / No5.Si / No
http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2013/09/24/el-trabajo-infantil-afecta-a-mas-de-160-millones-de-ninos-en-el-mundo/
Why do children NOT go to school around the
world?
IDENTIFY KEY DETAILSEvidence For Evidence Against
Young people don’t attend school because of peer pressure
Parents do not encourage young people to go to school
Young people need to support their family by going to work
• Watch video of Davita Alston “Hearing Authentic Voices”
• John Pedini
• Learner.org
ROAD MAP OF PRIORITIES
High Priority
• Common Assessments -
• Pacing Guide with Communication Targets and ACTFL Standards & Common Core Integration
Medium Priority
• Vocabulary practice & flashcards
• Notebook games
• Supports & extensions
What do you think that we
need?
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